overreact

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin āctus

Latin ācta

Old French actbor.

Middle English acte

English act

English react

English overreact

From over- + react.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəɹiˈækt/
• enPR: ō'vər-rē-ăktʹ

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Verb

overreact (third-person singular simple present overreacts, present participle overreacting, simple past and past participle overreacted)

1. To react too much or too intensely.

   Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.

   overreact to bad news

Derived terms

• overreaction
• overreactor

Translations

react too much or too intensely

• Arabic: ثور بصورة مبالغة (thawr bisurat mubalagha)
• Armenian: չափից դուրս արձագանքել (čʻapʻicʻ durs arjagankʻel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反應過度 / 反应过度 (fǎnyìng guòdù)

• Esperanto: tro reagi
• Finnish: reagoida liioitellusti, ylireagoida (fi), tehdä ylilyönti
• French: s'emporter (fr), surréagir (fr), exagérer (fr)
• Georgian: ზედმეტად რეაქტიული (zedmeṭad reakṭiuli)
• German: überreagieren (de)
• Greek: αντιδράσω υπερβολικά (antidráso ypervoliká)
• Hungarian: túlreagál (hu)
• Italian: reagire troppo
• Japanese: 過剰反応する (kajō hannō suru)
• Khmer: ដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យហួសកំរិត (daembi thveu aoy huosa kamrit)
• Korean: 과잉 반응하다 (gwaing ban-eunghada)
• Norwegian: overreagere
• Portuguese: reagir demais
• Romanian: reacționa exagerat
• Russian: слишком остро реагировать (sliškom ostro reagirovatʹ)
• Spanish: sobrerreaccionar, reaccionar exageradamente / hiperbólicamente
• Thai: แสดงออก (th) (S̄ædngxxk)
• Vietnamese: phản ứng thái quá

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